Bracket for curtains and draperies



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BRACKET FOR CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 11, 1946on line -5 of Pig. 2. fastened in the center of parallel bar frame 5Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the is a slotted plate i3,extending rearwardly and V assembly of draperies and bracket with adecoraon a horizontal plane with bars 5, to which is tive member. 35slidably mounted an L-shaped member H, which the window frame to whichbrackets 2 are permathe bracket 2 may be firmly held in any extendedPatented Feb. 14,1950

UNITED s'rA'rss PATENT orrlca annexe-r ron CURTAINS AND nnaramns JamesLeonard Golding and Irwin .C. Bowman,

Chicago, and William H. Comerford, 'Bellwood, IlL, assignors to J.Leonard Golding; Evelyn L. Golding, and Ann Golding, doing business asPlasti-Glo Manufacturing Company,apartnership Application July 11, 1946,Serial No. 682,874-

BOlaims. (01.211-89) This inventionrelates to a bracket for attachmemberhaving sp g effect, which will give when merit to window frame or wall,and more particufolds, of curtains or draperies. are inserted. larly,refers to a bracket which, when associated The prongs I and ll offingers I are crinkled so w th draperies or curtains, will cause them toas to provide several points of contact [8 with as ume a pleatedposition. 5 each other. The arrangement ofprongsfl and I One object ofthis invention is to provide a are such that one rigid prong I and oneunimpi easyrmethod of draping curtains or draattached prong 8. isdisposed on opposite sides D f es. in uniform folds by means of abracket of interstices 6. It will thus beseen that the having spacedslots to receive said folds. combination ofprongs. I and 8 serve thedual Another object of this inention is to provide 10' function ofallowing flexibility for the insertion a bracket capable of receivingfolds of draperies of various sizes pf curtains and draperies, and andcurtains of-.:varyingthicknesses and mainsimultaneously=provide tensionon said folds of taining said folds under constant tension. draperies,so as to maintain them in position and A further object of thisinvention is to provide prevent slipping or loosening. The tension isnot 8 k a p e of being readily positioned at sufilciently great to bind,and thus, allows the a forty-five degree angle to facilitate drapinguser to make any adjustment desirable in arcontinuous curtains ordraperies around a winranging the folds with ease. One end'of the dowframe. parallel bar 5 has permanently attachedto it a In the figures onSheets'l and 2, identical member 9, constructed, of thicker metalprefletters and numerals indicate like parts. erably 11 gauge wire,which is parallel and adja- Referring to the drawing, cent to flexibleprong 8. Said member ii has a Fig.1 is a perspective view showing acomplete function of providing aperture ill for the inserassembly of thedrapery associated with two tion of drapery material, as well as meansfor de-- brackets permanently attached to the window tachably mountingdecorative member, more fully frame. 5 illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7. Atthe opposite end Fig. 2 is a plan view of thebracket. of parallel bars5, extending rearwardly and Fig. 3 is a front; sectional view of thebracket parallel with fingers 4 is spacer member ll. Memtaken along thelineHof-Fig'l" ber ll provides a means for holding in p ace Fig. 4 is-afront elevationalview of the bracket the top end of the draperies orcurtains. Eyelet attached to the window frame. i2 on member I I may beused to secure the top Fig. 5 is a section view-of the bracket taken endof the drapery or curtain. Permanently Fig. 'l is a planview of asection of the bracket is permanently fastened to the wall'by means ofwith decorative member attached thereto. screws i5. Slotted plate i3.may be forwardly Referring to Fig. 1' of .thedrawing, i designates orrearwardly extended the length of slot i'Land nently attached at the topcorners thereof and 4 position by tightening nut and bolt It at any aredisposed at an angle of forty-five degrees to point within the slot l1,thereby allowing the the horizontal plane. Associated with brackets userto set his curtains and draperies from the 2 is drapery [inserted inslotsof bracket 2, more wall. L-shaped member ll has a downwardly fullyillustrated in Fig. 2 to form uniform folds punched lug 2|,whichprojectsinto slot i1, .i'hus surrounding window frame I. 5 keeping boththe slotted plate I; and L-Shaped I Fig. 2 illustratesindetail bracket 2with aselies member is parallel with each other. L-shaped of fingers 4,preferably. made of metal of member is also has an upwardly punched lugapproximately thirteen gauge wire, the ends of 22 to preclude a rotationof the nut on'bolt i6. which are inserted between two parallel bars 5.This can be clearly" seen in Figs. 2 and 5. The The fingers I areadjacent each other and spaced 5 adjustment can be made by a screwdriver, and it to provide interstices 6, into which the folds of is notnecessary to use pliers or a wrench. the draperies are inserted. Onlyoneprong l of Fig. 3 is a section view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 each fingerl is rigidly fastened to the lower bar and illustrates in greater detailthe construction I. The other prong 2 of'flnger 4 is unattached ofparallel bars 5 and prongs 1 and 8.1Member to parallel bars i, therebyproviding a flexible u H is of greater thickness, preferably 13 gaugewire, than prongs 1 and 8. Member II and prong I are inserted betweenparallel bars I and are permanently afiixed to the parallel bars 5, byspot welding, whereas, prongs 8 of fingers l are unattached and free toflex, as more fully explained heretofore.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of brackets 2 and illustrates themanner in which said bracket 2 is mounted on the wall. L-shaped member Il terminates in a V-shape in such fashion that the sides i! are at a.forty-five degree angle. In many instances. it is desirable to adjustthe brackets 2 to the fram so that the fingers 4- are disposed in aplane, which is'fortyfive degrees from the horizontal. To eliminate thenecessity of measuring this angle by means of a protractor, all that isrequired is to place one of the edges is parallel with the window frame.In most instances, all that is necessary is to place the edge I! uponthe upper vertical moulding, thereby assuring an accurate disposition ofthe bracket and eliminating any guess work. This also assures correctalignment of the two brackets disposed at the upper corners of the frameas illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6.

Fig. 5 is a section view of the bracket taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2 andshows in greater detail the construction of L-shaped member I incooperation with slotted plate ii. The downwardly punched lug 2| ofL-shaped member it projects into slot ll ofplate l3,-.the edges of lug2| being flush with the edges of slot ll, thereby preventing side toside motion of L-shaped member ll. Adjacent the II for nut and bolt i6is an upwardly punched lug 22, spaced so that said lug 22 is flush withone edge of nut it, thus preventing the rotation and loosening of nutand bolt l6 and providing a facile method of the screws adjustment bythe use of only a screw driver and dispensing with pliers and a wrenc InFig. 5 can also be seen the manner in which L-shaped member I4 ispermanently attached to window frame I by means of screw i5. It can alsobe seen in Fig. 5 that the special extension of the bracket from thewindow frame I may be easily adjusted within the confines of slot I! byscrew adjustment Ii.

Fig. 6 illustrates a drapery assembly with decorative member 20 with thebrackets 2, thereby lending a more aesthetic appearance to the entireassembly.

In Fig. 'I can be seen the means of inserting decorative member 20 inthe aperture It provided by the member s and prong 8 of finger 4. Thisprovides a simple and expeditious means for the user to insert thedecorative member 20.

While we have shown and described a few embodiments of our invention,this is illustrative only, and in no way limits the scope of ourinvention. Our invention is limited solely by and in the followingclaims, in which we wish to claim all novel features inherent therein.

We claim:

1. A bracket adapted to drape curtains and draperies which comprises twoparallel spaced permanently fastened together, a series of crinkled U-ped fingers disposed adjacent one another, each finger having its prongsinserted between the parallel bars with alternate prongs attached to abar, and the other prongs unattached and free to fiex, thereby havingpairs of adjacent prongs consisting of one attached and one unattachedin such manner that the adjacent prongs are adapted to maintain tensionon drapery inserted between them, an end memhole provided in member hersecured at one end of the bar adjacent an unattached prong and parallelto and extending forwardly in the same direction as the fingers andmeans for mounting said bracket on a wall.

2. A bracket adapted to draperies which comprises two parallel spacedbars permanently fastened together, a Series of crinkled U-shapedfingers disposed adjacent one another, each finger having its prongsinserted between the parallel bars with alternate prongs attached to abar, and the other prongs unattached and free to flex, thereby havingpairs of adjacent prongs consisting of one attached and one unattachedin such manner that the adjacent prongs are adapted to maintain tensionon drapery inserted between them, an end member secured at one end ofthe bar adjacent an unattached prong and parallel to and extendingforwardly in the same direction as the fingers, a spacer member securedat the other end of the bars parallel to and extending rearwardly fromthe direction of the fingers and means for mounting said bracket on awall.

3. A bracket adapted to drape curtains and draperies which comprises twoparallel spaced bars permanently fastened together, a series of crinkledU-shaped fingers disposed adjacent one another, each finger having itsprongs inserted between the parallel bars with alternate prongs attachedto a bar, -and the other prongs unattached and free to flex, therebyhaving pairs drape curtains and of adjacent prongs consisting of oneattached and one unattached in such manner that the adjacent prongs areadapted to maintain tension on drapery inserted between them, a spacermember secured at the other end of the bars parallel to and extendingrearwardly from the direction of the fingers and mea for mounting saidbracket onawali.

4. A bracket, adapted to drape curtains and draperies which comprisestwo parallel spaced bars permanently fastened together, a series ofcrinkled U-shaped fingers disposed adjacent one another, each fingerhaving its prongs inserted between the parallel bars with alternateprongs attached to a bar, and the other prongs unattached and free tofiex, thereby having pairs of adjacent prongs consisting of one attachedand one unattached in such manner that the adjacent prongs are adaptedto maintain-tension on drapery inserted between them, an end membersecured at one end of the bar adjacent an unattached prong and parallelto and extending forwardly in the same direction as the fingers, adecorative member detachably mounted on said bracket by means of anextended member'on said decorative member inserted between said endmember and the prong adjacent thereto and means for mounting saidbracket on a wall.

5. A bracket adapted to drape curtains and draperies which comprises twoparallel spaced bars permanently fastened together, a. series ofcrinkled U-shaped fingers disposed adjacent one another, each fingerhaving its prongs inserted between the parallel bars with alternateprongs to a bar, and the other prongs unatand free to flex, therebyhaving pairs of adjacent prongs consisting of one attached and oneunattached in such manner that the adjacent prongs are on draperyinserted between them, an end mem ber secured at one end of the baradjacent an unattached prong and parallel to and extending forwardly inthe same direction as the fingers, a spacer member secured at the otherend of adapted to maintain tension the bars parallel to and extendingrearwardly serted to engage the slotted member and the from thedirection of the fingers, and means L-shaped member, an upwardly punchedlug adfor mounting said bracket on awall. jacent the hole in saidL-shaped member and 6. A bracket adapted to drape curtains and flushwith the nut screwed. on said bolt, said draperies which comprises twoparallel spaced L-sha ed member terminating in av-shape with barsermanently fastened together at their ends, both sides of the V at aforty-five degree angle, a series of crinkled U-shaped fingers disposedand a decorative member detachably mounted adiacent one another, eachfinger having its on said bracket by means of an extended memprongsinserted between the parallel bars, with ber on said decorative member,inserted between alternate :prongs attached to a bar, and the other saidend member and the prong adjacent thereto. prongs unattached and free toflex, thereby hav- JAMES LEONARD GOLDING.

ing pairs of adjacent prongs consisting of one IRWIN C. BOWMAN.

attached and one unattached in such manner WM. H. COMERFORD.

that the adjacent prongs are adapted to maintain tension on draperyinserted between them, REFERENCES CITED an end member secured at one end0f the bars The following references are of record in the and parallelto and extending torwardlyin the fil of this patent; same direction asthe fingers, a spacer member secured at the other end of the barsparallel to U ITED STATES PATENTS and extending rearwardly from thedirection of N be N the fingers, said spacer member terminating in 2. 5N f' M g' 89 an eyelet, a slotted plate attached to and ex- 1701 51tending rearwardly from the center of the bars, 1989257 "3 1935 anL-shaped member slidably mounted to said i 8". i 1939 slotted plate,said L-shaped member havin a 2'321196 G g: 1943 downwardly punched lugprojecting into the slot 2386691 i 3:: 1945 to prevent side to sidemotion, a hole in said L-shaped member through which a bolt is in-

